Pittsburgh: GATFPress, (1998). large 8vo. pictorial paper covered boards. (xiv), 221, (5) pages. Illustrated in color throughout. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about THE GATF PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COLOR MANAGEMENT
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With a new introduction by John Bidwell.
New York: Garland Publishing, 1981. 8vo. cloth. xviii page introductory material followed by 288 page facsimile, (4) pages. With a new introduction by John Bidwell. Reprint of the 1844 second edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I,3). The first edition was issued in 1837. This was the second practical printing manual issued by an American author; it was compiled from many of the facts given by Hansard and Johnson. Illustrated. READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA: OR THE PRINTER'S INSTRUCTOR; A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN RISE, AND PROGRESS OF THE...
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Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies, n.d. (circa 1894). 8vo. modern cloth with original stiff paper wrapper bound-in. (viii), x, 379, (3) pages. First edition. A manual of reproduction processes. Includes 140 illustrations within the text and examples of each process reproducing original designs of the author. Techniques discussed in this volume include dry point, lithography, heliogravure, and various color processes. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. A xerox of the entry for Adeline in... READ MORE about LES ARTS DE REPRODUCTION VULGARISES
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 2003. thick 8vo. cloth. 688 pages. Reprint of the third edition which was originally published in Paris in 1834 in only 350 copies. (Besterman p.5153; Breslauer and Folter no.115 for first edition). This famous bibliography of the output of the Manutius family and their Aldine Press, 1494-1598, has remained the standard work on the subject and has been praised as a classic of its kind. Over 1500 entries given. READ MORE about ANNALES DE L'IMPRIMERIE DES ALDE OU HISTOIRE DES TROIS MANUCE ET DE LEURS ÉDITIONS
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New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1929. 8vo. cloth. 270 pages. First edition. An illustrated manual showing how printing is done. Covers rubbed with fraying at top of spine. Name in ink along top of front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE JOURNALIST'S MANUAL OF PRINTING WITH LABORATORY EXERCISES
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New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., (1969). 4to. cloth. 78 pages. Reproduced from the original edition which was limited to only 140 copies printed at The Allen Press. One of the best of the printing manuals to be issued Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about PRINTING WITH THE HANDPRESS
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Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 466 pages. Pablo Alvarez offers the first complete English translation of Alonso Víctor de Paredes Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors]. This 96-page printing manual set and printed by Paredes himself was issued in Madrid around 1680. It opens with an introductory digression on... READ MORE about ALONSO VÍCTOR DE PAREDES’ INSTITUTION, AND ORIGIN OF THE ART OF PRINTING, AND GENERAL RULES...
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New York: Delano Greenidge Editions, (2002). 4to. cloth with blind-stamped design, dust jacket. (viii), 388 pages. Written in three languages, English, French & German , this has over 460 four color illustrations by more than 250 artists, architects, designers and filmmakers. A comprehensive look at the avant-garde movement in the first half of the twentieth century. READ MORE about AVANT-GARDE PAGE DESIGN 1900-1950
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Washington D.C. Center for the Book, Library of Congress, 2002. 8vo. cloth , dust jacket. 298 pages. This historic and important work is based on a series of papers presented at the 1998 International Federation of Library Associations conference in Paris. The work contains 26 essays focusing on the effects the Cold War had on Western and Communist libraries, publishers, cultural diplomacy, political censorship and the freedom to read. As a whole, this well-written work... READ MORE about BOOKS, LIBRARIES, READING & PUBLISHING IN THE COLD WAR
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N.P. Mead Paper, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. 24 pages. Table of contents. A guide for the production of annual corporate reports. Includes illustrations of examples from various reports. Index of examples. READ MORE about CONCEPT AND PLANNING OF THE ANNUAL REPORT
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Berkeley, CA: Arif Press, 1980. oblong 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (18) pages. Limited to 125 copies printed by Wesley B. Tanner at the Arif Press on dampened T. Edmonds paper. The 25th book of the press. Reprints part of Johnston's text from FORMAL PENMANSHIP AND OTHER PAPERS. With calligraphy by Barbara Wiley Bash. READ MORE about FORMAL PENMANSHIP DEFINED BY THE THING
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Houston: Bookman House, (1979). 8vo. cloth. vii, 190 pages. A manual. READ MORE about BOOK PUBLISHING, A WORKING GUIDE FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS AND SMALL PUBLISHERS
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Catalogue Four.
York: Ken Spelman, n.d. oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 54 pages. Catalogue Four. A bookseller's catalogue describing 202 books for sale. Illustrated. Some notes in pencil on back cover. READ MORE about THE ARTIST'S COMPANION, THREE CENTURIES OF DRAWING BOOKS AND MANUALS OF INSTRUCTION
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Ludwigshafen o/ Rhine: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, n.d. tall 12mo. limp brown fabric covers stamped in gilt. xii, 368 pages. Not in Ron's Bibliotheca Tinctoria. Separate sections on the dyeing of wool, cotton, silk, artificial silk and other various materials. Front cover and endpaper creased and cracked along crease. READ MORE about POCKET GUIDE TO THE APPLICATION OF THE DYESTUFFS OF THE BADISCHE ANILIN- & SODA-FABRIK
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New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1970. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 182 pages. First U.S. edition. Filled with illustrations. Jacket rubbed with small tears. READ MORE about THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN
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London: Hutchinson, (1966). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 54 pages. Part of a series entitled "Better Bookselling" this being Number Three. Foreword by David Austick. READ MORE about BOOKSELLING BY MAIL
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London: Hutchinson of London, (1965). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. First edition. A financial guide to stock control. Presentation to David Faye from the author on title page. READ MORE about STOCK CONTROL IN BOOKSELLING
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New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2007. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 240 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Back in print! As a schoolboy, H.E. Bates (1905-74) decided to devote his life to writing and at the age of twenty-one published his first novel. Thereafter he wrote steadily: short stories, novels and journal articles on gardening and country matters. His collections of essays were illustrated by leading contemporary wood... READ MORE about H.E. BATES: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 8vo. cloth. 176 pages. This series of scholarly essays focuses on the book as it helped felicitate commerce and culture over the last five centuries. Leading scholars explore the unique relationships that have existed for centuries between economics and literary culture. Co-published with St. Paul's Bibliographies, Ltd. READ MORE about ACROSS BOUNDARIES: THE BOOK IN CULTURE AND COMMERCE
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Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1906. 8vo. original limp paper covers with yap edges. xxiv, (32), 151, viii and 32 plates. Reprint of this 1663 first part and with the first appearance of the second part (See Bridson B5 and B68 - "pages 15-94 deal with the history of chalcography; pages 95-126 with drawing and design, and pages 127-129 with mezzotinto."). With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Also with the bookplate of... READ MORE about EVELYN'S SCULPTURA, WITH THE UNPUBLISHED SECOND PART
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Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), 320 pages. Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale. Photo-facsimile re-publication limited to 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1840 edition (See Bigmore & Wyman I,52 for 1837 edition). Contains four plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of..... READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE L'IMPRIMEUR EN TAILLE-DOUCE
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2 volumes bound in 1.
London: Stephen Couchman for J. Johnson, 1791. thick 8vo. modern leather spine with marbled paper covered boards and leather tips, red leather spine label. xxxvii, 302; v, 385 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. First edition in English. Folding engraved plate of dyeing apparatus to volume two (Cohen 118; Bolton 306; Lawrie 303; Ron's Bibliotheca Tinctoria #100). Berthollet (1748-1822) was a noted chemist in France and collaborated with Lavoisier on his pioneering chemical nomenclature. He... READ MORE about ELEMENTS OF THE ART OF DYEING TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.D
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Troisième édition revue. Traduit de l'anglais.
Paris: La Palme, (1950). 8vo. later cloth, original paper wrappers bound in. 95+(5) pages, with 12 plates. Troisième édition revue. Traduit de l'anglais. Third edition, translated from the English. (Besterman p.790). The best bibliographical guide to the study of the earliest bibliographies from the 16th and 17th centuries covers Tritheim, the earliest legal and medical bibliographies, Gesner, the beginnings of National bibliography and the history of bibliography in the 17th century. There are twelve black... READ MORE about LES DÉBUTS DE LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE MÉTHODIQUE
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New York: American National Standards Institute, Inc., 1977. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 92 pages. Jerrold Orne, Chairman. With inkl signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE
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Frauenfeld: Huber & Co. Aktiengesellschaft, (1964). 8vo. paper wrappers. 172, (2) pages. Second edition. An introduction to bibliography. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE UND BIBLIOGRAPHISCHE ARBEITSTECHNIK
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